I have few Elna silmic2 with 35v rating but my amp psu is +/-55v can I use two capacitors connecting the back to back negative pins so that I can use them as Bipolar and even increases the voltage rating of it?

jcx

30th December 2012 09:50 PM

bipolar won't have "negative" pin - no front/back

no, in reverse the polar type only block ~1V so the rating of the pair would only be 35 VDC

in series you can add the V rating - if you provide some way to balance the V across the pair

if you do mean bipolar, full thickness oxide grown on both foils then you still need some V balancing technique to use at higher than individual cap rating

rhythmsandy

30th December 2012 09:54 PM

so its better to use two of them in series to get better output voltage but overall the capacitance will be half of the original rating of the cap..